Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College

Infobox UK school
name = Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College

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town = Long Eaton
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website = http://www.wilsthorpe.derbyshire.sch.uk/
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Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College [http://www.wilsthorpe.derbyshire.sch.uk/ Wilsthorpe site] accessed August 14 2007] is a comprehensive school, in Long Eaton which is in Derbyshire, but close to Nottingham.

History

It opened as the Wilsthorpe Secondary Modern School. Neighbouring the school was the Parklands County Secondary Modern School, which became an infants school.

The school gained Business and Enterprise status in 2005 and was formerly known as Wilsthorpe Community School.The secondary school shares its site with Parklands Infants School and Harrington Junior School, allowing children to stay on the same site from their first year of school all the way to Sixth Form of approximately 100 pupils.

Wilsthorpe was the first school in the UK to offer facilities for a community policeman on site in 2003. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/2948181.stm School gets own policeman, 14 April 2003] accessed 8 December 2007]

Film set

The school was involved in the filming of Shane Meadows' film "This Is England" in 2005. [ [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:vJ62t4OL8WMJ:news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/nwyl/midlands/nottingham/423/42388/story4238888.wml+film+wilsthorpe&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=uk&client=firefox-a BBC News report] 12 September 2005] The school is the location for the opening sequence in the film.

Facilities

A new head started at the school in 2008 when the previous head left to lead The Dukeries College. [ [http://www.dukeries.notts.sch.uk/college/ Dukeries College and Complex] accessed 8 December 2007] The new headmaster is John Crofts, a former teacher at the school, who was Deputy Headmaster at Chellaston School prior to the appointment.

Academic performance

The school's performance at GCSE has been steadily improving over recent years and in 2008 exceeded the local and national average (64% of students achieved five or more higher grades). The school is part of the Long Eaton Area Partnership (LEAP), a collaboration with the nearby Friesland and Long Eaton Schools, which enables them collectively to offer a wide range of courses at 16+.

Notable Staff

* Sir Brian Smedley, Judge, taught here briefly in 1957 [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1769305.ece Sir Brian Smedley Obituary] The Times, May 10th 2007, accessed August 14th 2007]
* Allan Baker, Wilsthorpe's head was awarded a CBE in the 1977 Queen's Birthday honours for "services to education".

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/4759932.stm Sending 60 pupils home in 2006]

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